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How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019? [And Other Key Blogging Statistics You Should Know]

Sword and the Script

Writers that report success with blogging share the following characteristics: They are more likely to write longer or more in-depth content; They tend to spend six or more hours writing a post; They are 2.5 They always use analytics to measure performance. 1) How long should a blog post be? So, how long should a blog post be?

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The Top Public Relations and Marketing Blog Posts on Sword and the Script for 2019

Sword and the Script

There were 62 posts published on this blog in 2019. In going through the reader analytics for the full year, these are the top 10 most-read posts on this blog about public relations (PR) and marketing. If you haven’t already, consider subscribing to these blog posts by email or RSS. 6) How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019?

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We Should Measure Content Marketing by Relationships

Sword and the Script

The white paper calls the pageview a “superficial impression of how people behave on the web.” For 20 years, the media and marketing world has been beholden to the pageview, a deeply flawed metric that only captures the most superficial impression of how people behave on the web. It’s easy to be shallow on the web).

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How the PESO Model Changes PR’s Conversation

Cision

Owned media, aka content, is content you produce that lives on your website or blog. I developed the PESO model in 2014 as a way to highlight the evolution of the work PR practitioners do, and show the interconnection and dependence of the communications activity necessary for a successful digital communications program.

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20 PR and Marketing Predictions for 2022

Sword and the Script

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. This means PR pros will need to figure out how to have their clients mentioned in these outlets and learn how to measure their success.”. The metaverse, Web 3.0, You’ll find my own prognostication at the very bottom. Happy New Year!

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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

PR measurement can be a bit like a self-fulfilling prophecy. On one hand, it gets dinged for a lack of measurement. On the other hand, measuring some PR activities, like earned media , is far more challenging than other forms of marketing and communications. If you want blogs, you don’t want press releases.

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How to Use Analytics to Build Your 2015 Marketing Plan

Shift Communications

As marketers, PR professionals, and advertisers begin to wind down the year (save for those in retail who are firing on all cylinders right now), one of the top things you’ll focus on in 2014 is reviewing the numbers. When you’re looking at the data for 2014 in order to formulate ideas for 2015, start by looking for outliers.

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